A Los Angeles-based program that has helped rehabilitate hundreds of former gang members for more than three decades is venturing into a new field as it helps expand opportunities for its participants ...

"It's a lesson in that you don't have to kill your neighbors," said Reyes, who spent the last decade in and out of prison for an array of drug offenses. "It don't matter where you come from, what ...

BOYLE HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Homeboy Industries is continuing its decades-long efforts to help former gang members transform their lives. On the anniversary of the organization's flagship ...

Father Greg Boyle, center, marches to City Hall from Homeboy Industries with staff and program enrollees for a ceremony marking Father Greg Boyle Day in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) ...

Homeboy Industries, a downtown gang rehabilitation and re-entry nonprofit, is out to prove it’s not a charity case. The group, founded by the Rev. Gregory Boyle in 1988 to help ex-gang members develop ...

Homeboy Industries’ annual graduation ceremony was held on Tuesday, celebrating academic achievements and recognizing the stories of hope, healing and transformation of its graduates. This year, the ...

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'Grace & Frankie' stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are set to host Homeboy Industries' annual Lo Máximo dinner and awards ceremony, the gang-rehabilitation organization's largest fundraiser of the ...

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The prestigious honor comes with a $2.5 million prize in unrestricted funding. By Chris Gardner The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has selected popular Los Angeles-based nonprofit Homeboy Industries to ...